I found interesting artworks at the hospital, and googled it after I came back. “Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Memorial Project” is an art memorial project created by a multimedia visionary artist Carl Jaycock. He created a digital mosaic artwork for main entrance and wards, combining all the 1000s staff and references to its Victorian founder Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. The colors used in the works feel retro but modern at the same time. You see Anderson from far, and spot hundreds of tiny portraits of the staff when you get closer – very clever & well done.

Though we don’t have any travel plan to Europe at this moment, M noticed that our European Health Insurance Cards were expired, so we renewed and received the new cards yesterday (the photo above, with personal information removed). The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) allows you to access state-provided healthcare in all European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland at a reduced cost or sometimes free of charge. If you are a UK resident and registered with National Health Services (NHS), you can apply EHIC for free, online, over the phone, or by post, and it’s valid for up to five years. With the EHIC card, you are entitled to medical treatment that becomes necessary, under the state scheme, during your temporary visiting to one of the member countries. You may be able to seek reimbursement for the cost when you are back in the UK, if you are not able to do so in the country. But if you are a non-EEA citizen, be careful – you can’t receive the same benefit in Cyprus, Denmark, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, though Cyprus, Denmark and Iceland cover emergency treatment. → check Country-by-country guide for more details.

The EHIC does not cover some costs such as repatriation to the UK, private medical healthcare, or the cost of things such as mountain rescue in ski resorts, so NHS strongly recommends for all to have both an EHIC and a valid private travel insurance policy. Some insurance companies now require you to have an EHIC and many will waive the excess charge if an EHIC has been used.